Scopes, Options, and Horizons – Key Issues in Decision Structuring

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 21 (2):259-273 (2018)
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Abstract

Real-life decision-making often begins with a disorderly decision problem that has to be clarified and systematized before a decision can be made. This is the process of decision structuring that has largely been ignored both in decision theory and applied decision analysis. In this contribution, ten major components of decision structuring are identified, namely the determination of its scope, subdivision, agency, timing, options, control ascriptions, framing, horizon, criteria and restructuring. Four of these components, namely the scope, subdivision, options, and horizon of a decision, are subjected to a more detailed analysis.

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Sven Ove Hansson
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

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